by John Pugliese On Friday, May 9th I hitched a ride with a non-member colleague up to Humboldt County for "California's Toughest Century" (http://www.tuccycle.org/). Since we didn't leave until after 5pm, and stopped for dinner, we showed up to the hotel at 12:30 am. To make matters worse, my ...

by Deborah Hoag I went into Central Coast Double relaxed and not focus on the ride. I took Friday off and spent the morning replanting my baby heirloom tomatoes plants. My bike (Blue Gardena) turned 10 years old this month and weight 21 pounds when I bought it. Unlikely a baby, ...

by Deborah Hoag David and I rode from the house at 6:10 to meet Pete Klein and Dennis at the base of Mt Hamilton. I thought 4 hard doubles in one year would be too much for me in one year. So, we decided Mt Hamilton Challenge would be fun. We ...

By Louise McCracken - April 26th, 2008 Arriving @ 6:00 at Wilcox High School in Santa Clara with three set’s of “goodies” to place in drop at bags designated for the rest stops, the 39th annual Mt Hamilton Challenge was about to commence.  Unlike other rides, you were required to check-in ...

by Brian Chun on 4/26/08 The Diablo interrupted a dream I had the night before D Day and persuaded me to rise early, pack my provisions, and ride from home. Would I be allowed to rest, or would I perish, as many others had, along his infernal Mines Road, or elsewhere ...

by Russ and Sheila Stevens In many respects, participating in the Devil Mountain Double Century was much like riding any other bike ride in that it was a day of seeing friends, enjoying beautiful scenery, eating lots of food, suffering and achieving a great sense of accomplishment. The only difference ...

by Franz Kelsch I finished the very difficult Devil Mountain Double on Saturday. It is 206 miles with 18,600 feet of climbing. It is probably the most difficult double century in California. My final time was 15 hours, 32 minutes, a big improvement over last year. ...

by Joe Farinha Here is my lengthy... ( it's long distance) report on an event that although it's not a Double. It's a fun event that, I would recommend to anyone who is planning to train for endurance races. ( i.e. FC508, Hodoo500, RAAM, etc) The Davis Challenge is 12/24 Hr is ...

by Deborah Lefferts The week before I cleaned my bike and started backing my bag. I had scoped out my time by comparing myself with the other women. I knew Kitty had completed Mulholland in 15:51 last year. Kitty I knew was not fast, but she keeps her breaks short ...

By Louise McCracken It was a 5:00 am start with Jon Kaplan, Barbara Murphy and Fred O’Leary. I was nervous as this was going to be the longest ride I have ever set out to accomplish. Jon had complete faith in me to finish. And to give ...